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Robotics Summary
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Robotics Today Machine Design 70, no. 15 (1998):...
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Robots and Robotics Summary
1,358 words, approx. 5 pages
Robots are programmable machines capable of moving around in and interacting with their physical environment. The word robot was popularized by Karel Capek (1890–1938) in his play R.U.R., where he used it to refer to a race of manufactured...
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Robot Toys Summary
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Robots combine sensors, computation, and motors to interact intelligently with their environment. Robot toys need to be so cheap and robust that they can be used as playthings. While there is a long history of toys that look like robots, only...
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Robotics Technology Summary
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The word "robot" was coined in 1934 by the Czech playwright Karel C apek from the Czech word robota, meaning "compulsory labor." While this original meaning still applies to most Earth-bound robots, robots in space have...
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Robot Information
8,134 words, approx. 27 pages
A robot is a mechanical or virtual, artificial agent. It is usually an electromechanical system, which, by its appearance or movements, conveys a sense that it has intent or agency of its own. The word robot can refer to both physical robots and virtual...
 


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Antiques & Collecting Magazine
Robots!
07/01/2007: 688 words, approx. 2 pages
EXACTLY WHEN THE first robot showed up in the marketplace is something that we're not quite certain about, but most collectors agree that Robot Lilliput, made by an unknown Japanese manufacturer, was the first. Appearing sometime around 1939, it stood six inches tall and...
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Science Weekly
Robotics.(robots)
01/24/2007: 3,925 words, approx. 13 pages
Background Robotics is the science of building robots. Robotic experts design robots primarily to improve the quality of industrial production. The word "robot" derives from the Czechoslovakian word "robota" meaning "slave-like" or "forced work." Use of Robots The first-generation hydraulic...
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Japan honors innovative robots
12/21/2006: 320 words, approx. 1 pages
A feeding machine and a furry, therapeutic seal _ both designed to make life easier for older people _ were among robots honored Thursday at a government-sponsored award ceremony.The My Spoon feeding robot, which won a prize in the service category at Robot Award 2006,...
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Biped robot runs on Microsoft program
11/29/2007: 332 words, approx. 1 pages
ZMP of Japan began selling a two-legged walking robot Thursday that runs on Microsoft's new robotics software — a product the companies said will make it easier to transfer technology from one robot to another.U.S. software maker Microsoft Corp. is a relative latecomer to robotics....
 


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